#Infections

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

The new virus strain is ~60% more infectious. We haven’t processed what that means.1. Western countries that didn’t stop the previous variant won’t be able to stop this one. It’s

𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙝 🤚 🧼😷

eliowa

Re: AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccineOne word could explain the differential results: BlindingBlinding is allocation concealment in a randomized trial, such that the recipient of the vaccine (and others) don't know

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

"If there's one thing we learn from history, it's that we don't learn from history"A new study from India looks at #COVID19 contact tracing And now reported, "[children] transmitted the

A.M.

bhalomanush

But Stanford researchers have found that over 150 years there has been a steady cooling in body temperatures in the U.S. This is also been observed in Britain. 97.9 degrees

BHIVA

BritishHIVAssoc

#ItsASin thread:1/xBefore we knew that a virus was causing the mystery illness that seemed to only affected gay men it was referred to as a cancer.Then it was called Gay

Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)

jeremyfaust

I love this time of year.An influx of newly minted physicians ready to learn and make a difference!#TipsForNewDocs has become a tradition.Well, I've got something that'll make your year(s) smoother.A

Myles McNulty

MylesMcNulty

Some significant developments in the #COVID19 LFT market in recent days, re: #AVCT:i) Innova's test has taken a lot of flack in the press (sens. of 49% - although that

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Oh medtwitter I have found one of my coolest evolutionary facts ever! I was looking at evolution of innate immune system. It's very old, below vertebrates. We didn't get adaptive

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

A thread about COVID19 mRNA vaccine second dose timing controversies:Basically I think it’s honestly a good move to have a flexible (out to 6 week) second dose (and was lobbying

Damon Pang

damon_pang

As reports suggest that the #HongKong government could announce next week postponing the #Legco2020 legislative elections by as much as a year, this #thread tries to take a look back

André Jefremow

anjefus

A #MedTwitter Tutorial about Acute Pancreatitis #GITwitter #ICU @DeMadaria @KM_Pawlak 1) Only measure lipase once! 2) Diagnosis: 2 out of three: 1) Lipase >3xUNL2) typical belted abdominal pain3) typical image

Dr Naomi Wolf

naomirwolf

1/Shocked by an interview with the wonderful @sarahr1979, chiropodist of Ontario, another @DailyClout Profile in Courage. Elderly patients are suffering wounds, infections, worse as telemedicine leaves them without proper care

Felix

FMwenge

CDC made a presentation on the outlook of the COVID-19 in Zambia. The presentation shows that things will get worse before they can improve. The GOOD NEWS is that CDC

Dr. Swapneil Parikh

swapneilparikh

Those of us following #RECOVERYtrial know it’s one of the most important clinical trials for COVID-19, not just for its potential to identify new therapeutic options but also to temper

Reuters Science News

ReutersScience

All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes how

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/5Year-end summary from Dr. Kendrick, front-line NHS doctor:* The world has gone bonkers. Too many entrenched in extreme positions, slinging mud* The truth is smashed to pieces and lost* PCR

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